[EL] FW: Election Law Blog: ELB News and Commentary

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The Washington Post correctly notes the electoral implications of the forthcoming decision to gut Roe v. Wade. “Now, normally low-profile state legislative races and less-prominent gubernatorial contests suddenly hold the potential to become national ...
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  1.  Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs likely to shake up state elections in 2022.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126085>
  2.  New Brookings Institute report on how to combat untruths in the marketplace of ideas<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126083>
  3.  “Two Election Workers Targeted by Pro-Trump Media Sue for Defamation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126081>
  4.  “How the Suburbs Have Changed Gerrymandering”<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126079>
  5.  1982 Amendments to VRA–New Article<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126077>
  6.  Lessig and Equal Citizens Group Make Another Run at Supreme Court, Arguing that States Can Limit Contributions to Super PACs Without Violating the First Amendment<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124/https://electionlawblog.org/?p=126075>

Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs likely to shake up state elections in 2022.<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182423046&f=1116553&c=8060124&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 03, 2021
The Washington Post<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~www.washingtonpost.com/politics/abortion-states-supreme-court/2021/12/02/d71dda96-5385-11ec-9267-17ae3bde2f26_story.html> correctly notes the electoral implications of the forthcoming decision to gut Roe v. Wade. “Now, normally low-profile state legislative races and less-prominent gubernatorial contests suddenly hold the potential to become national flash points in the polarizing debate,… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126085>

New Brookings Institute report on how to combat untruths in the marketplace of ideas<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182423048&f=1116553&c=8060124&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 03, 2021
Nate Persily and Joshua Tucker have issued a new Report, How to fix social media? Start with independent research.<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~www.brookings.edu/research/how-to-fix-social-media-start-with-independent-research/> A key issue for regulatory responses, they argue, is just “how little outsiders know about what is happening inside these companies.”… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126083>

“Two Election Workers Targeted by Pro-Trump Media Sue for Defamation”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182423052&f=1116553&c=8060124&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 02, 2021
Reid J. Epstein, N.Y. Times<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/us/politics/gateway-pundit-defamation-lawsuit.html> “Two Georgia election workers who were the targets of a right-wing campaign that falsely claimed they manipulated ballots filed a defamation lawsuit on Thursday against one of the nation’s leading sources of pro-Trump misinformation.” Must… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126081>

“How the Suburbs Have Changed Gerrymandering”<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182423056&f=1116553&c=8060124&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 02, 2021
Maggie Astor, N.Y. Times<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/us/politics/suburbs-gerrymandering-republicans.html>, writes that “Republican gerrymandering efforts used to focus mainly on diluting the influence of cities,” but this cycle the focus is also on cracking the political power of the suburbs. The article notes, further, that… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126079>

1982 Amendments to VRA–New Article<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182423060&f=1116553&c=8060124&u=102231511>
By Tabatha Abu El-Haj, December 02, 2021
A new article <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-american-political-development/article/abs/1982-voting-rights-act-extension-as-a-critical-juncture-ronald-reagan-bob-dole-and-republican-partybuilding/E4A1FD0108BDAB5B5050EE4B97460A49> by Richard Johnson, Queen Mary, University of London explores conflicts with the Reagan administration over the 1982 amendments to the Voting Rights Act. It pushes back against the view that Republican support can be explained by the… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126077>

Lessig and Equal Citizens Group Make Another Run at Supreme Court, Arguing that States Can Limit Contributions to Super PACs Without Violating the First Amendment<https://p.feedblitz.com/r3.asp?l=182423064&f=1116553&c=8060124&u=102231511>
By Rick Hasen, December 02, 2021
Read the cert petition<https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~equalcitizens.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/01_Petition.pdf>, with the following question presented: Petitioners are Alaskan citizens who challenged the Alaska Public Offices Commission’s (“APOC’s”) refusal to enforce Alaskan law regulating contributions to independent political action committees. APOC had defended its refusal on… Continue reading <https://p.feedblitz.com/t3.asp?/1116553/102231511/8060124_/~electionlawblog.org/?p=126075>
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